error spawning ingestion pipeline

hey

im setting up a qw deployment on gke. im getting a bunch of these errors

2025-07-16T23:47:36.105Z  INFO spawn_pipeline{index=log_events gen=0}: quickwit_indexing::actors::indexing_pipeline: spawning indexing pipeline index_id="log_events" source_id="_ingest-api-source" pipeline_uid=01K0ASP9EJ7EC0SXA4T0GQ4RY2 root_dir=/quickwit/qwdata/indexing/log_events%01K05GZNBV00A99DEN3CZV1HKE%_ingest-api-source%01K0ASP9EJ7EC0SXA4T0GQ4RY2%5bZ6SR
2025-07-16T23:47:36.108Z ERROR quickwit_indexing::actors::indexing_pipeline: error while spawning indexing pipeline, retrying after some time error=failed to create source `_ingest-api-source` of type `ingest API v1`. Cause: internal error: could not find checkpoint for index `log_events:01K05GZNBV00A99DEN3CZV1HKE` and source `_ingest-api-source`; cause: ``

Caused by:
    internal error: could not find checkpoint for index `log_events:01K05GZNBV00A99DEN3CZV1HKE` and source `_ingest-api-source`; cause: `` retry_count=8 retry_delay=512s

i literally haven't ingested anything yet, but it's causing my pods to constantly restart. i havent been able to find any other reports of this error so im looking for an explanation of what the error means and how i can fix it

thx

Start with the GKE deployment context and the spawn_pipeline and indexing-pipeline log entries in the report. Trace the ingest API v1 source creation and checkpoint lookup for log_events, then determine why a missing checkpoint causes repeated retries and pod restarts. Done means the cause and a verified fix or workaround are documented.